Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 15 (“The State of Humiliation")

Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.

Lesson 15 is "The State of Humiliation."

The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:

Part 1: Christ's state of humiliation; the steps in Christ humiliation; His lowly birth.

Part 2: The steps in Christ's humilation (continued); His life of suffering.

The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA. Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 15.

Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins.

Lesson 15

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Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 14 (“The Offices of the Mediator")

Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.

Lesson 14 is "The Offices of the Mediator."

The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:

Part 1: What an office is; the offices of prophet, priest and king in the OT; Christ, the Chief Prophet. 

Part 2: Christ, the Holy High Priest (His offering, His intercession, His blessings); Christ, the Eternal King. 

The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA. Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 14.

Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins.

Lesson 14

Lesson 14 Outline 1

Lesson 14 Outline 2

Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 13 (“The Natures of the Mediator")

Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.

Lesson 13 is "The Natures of the Mediator."

The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:

Part 1: Jesus Christ as God; Jesus Christ as man; the Person of Jesus Christ as the eternal Son of God. 

Part 2: Controversy concerning the deity of Christ (Arianism and the Council of Nicaea); controversy concerning the humanity of Christ and its relationship to His deity (Apollinarianism, Nestorianism, Eutychianism); the solution of Chalcedon.

The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA. Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 13.

Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins.

Lesson 13

Lesson 13 Outline 1

Lesson 13 Outline 2

Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 12 (“The Mediator and His Names")

Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.

Lesson 12 is "The Mediator and His Names."

The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:

Part 1: Who the Mediator is and why He is necessary; what kind of Mediator we need.

Part 2: The names of the Mediator (Jesus,Christ, Lord, Son of God, Son of Man). 

The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA. Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 12.

Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins.

Lesson 12

Lesson 12 Outline 1

Lesson 12 Outline 2

Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 11 (“The Fall of Man")

Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.

Lesson 11 is "The Fall of Man"

The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:

Part 1: Adam, Eve and the devil as responsible; their roles in the fall; punishment.

Part 2: Adam (the figure of Christ that was to come) and Christ (last Adam) as unique in the human race; Adam and Christ as legal heads and representatives; original sin (guilt and pollution); total depravity.

The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA. Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 11.

Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins.

Lesson 11

Lesson 11 Outline 1

Lesson 11 Outline 2